PTFL materials

Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Little book full of wisdom. Makes a very nice present. * Easy read

Child Development:

A Secure Base John Bowlby (Routledge) Discusses the importance of forming a secure attachment in early life. Theory is based on baby and child observation. *Easy read

Why Love Matters Sue Gerhardt (Brunner Routledge)

Explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life, and how early interactions between babies and their parents shape the nervous system and affects future wellbeing. *Fairly easy read

The Social Baby Lynne Murray& Liz Andrews (CP Publishing) Provides a rich insight into the development of babies, illustrated with lots of pictures. Good book for parents with a baby or parents to be *Very easy read

Children Learn What They Live: Parenting to Inspire Values Dorothy Nolte and Rachel Harris (Workman Publishing)

Positive, realistic, filled with a rare common sense, it is a book to help parents find their own parenting wisdom, and to raise children with a surer, steadier, more understanding hand. *Very easy read

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